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The Australian national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.
Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on four occasions, in 1974, 2006, 2010 and 2014. The team has also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup three times.
The first Australia national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand. During the tour, Australia suffered two defeats and scraped a draw. For the next 36 years, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa became regular opponents in tour (exhibition) matches. During that period, Australia also competed against Canada and India during their tours of Australia in 1924 and 1938 respectively. Australia had a rare opportunity to compete on the world's stage during the team's very first major international tournament as hosts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. However, an inexperienced squad proved to be reason for the team's disappointing performance. With the advent of cheap air travel, Australia began to diversify its range of opponents. However, its geographical isolation continued to play a role in its destiny for the next 30 years.
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Coordinates: 27°S 133°E / 27°S 133°E / -27; 133
Australia (/ɒˈstreɪliə/, /ə-/, colloquially /-jə/), officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For about 50,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke languages grouped into roughly 250 language groups. After the European discovery of the continent by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies were established. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Since federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy comprising six states and several territories. The population of 24 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated in the eastern states and on the coast.
Coordinates: 10°S 52°W / 10°S 52°W / -10; -52
Brazil (i/brəˈzɪl/; Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw] ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen ), is the largest sovereign state in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth-largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47.3 percent of the continent of South America. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
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Australia vs Saudi Arabia 3-2 - All Goals & Highlights - World Cup Qualifiers 08/06/2017 HD 1-0 Juric 1-1 Al-Dawsari 2-1 Juric 2-2 Al-Sahlawi 3-2 Rogic Australia bulldozed a direct path towards the 2018 World Cup with Celtic's Tom Rogic delivering a precious 3-2 win against Saudi Arabia in Thursday night's qualifier. Striker Tomi Juric scored a first-half brace, twice giving the Socceroos a lead before 29,785 spectators at Adelaide Oval. But the Saudis twice equalised before Rogic's thundering match-winner, which could prove the decisive moment in Australia's bid for direct passage to next year's World Cup in Russia. With two group games remaining, the Socceroos are now level on points with the Saudis and leaders Japan, who have a game in hand. The Socceroos meet Japan away on Augu...
Here is my top 10 goals from the Socceroos in 2015. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSportingLife for more videos like this in the future! If you like this video, be sure to give it a like and subscribe here It was hard to pick just 10, as there were some quality goals from some fantastic players. 2015 was a great year for the Socceroos with them winning the Asian Cup for the first time, and on home soil as well! Do you agree with my list? Who do you think should have been number 1? I do not own any of the footage or music. This is merely a fan video and the original producers of this content deserve the credit. The song I have used in this video is: "Colors" by Tobu Here is my top 10 list: 10. Massimo Luongo v Kuwait 9. James Troisi v Germany 8. Massimo Luongo v South Korea...
Australia vs Brazil 0-4 All Goals & Highlights - International Friendly - 13/06/2017 HD 0-1 Diego Souza 0-2 Thiago Silva 0-3 Taison 0-4 Diego Souza Ranked No.1 with FIFA, Brazil's marvellous winning run under Tite came to an end at the MCG on Friday. The Selecao were beaten 1-0 by bitter rivals Argentina, with Gabriel Mercado scoring the only goal of the game in Melbourne. Today, they return to the scene of the crime, hoping to get back to winning ways. Standing in their way this time are a young Australian side, put together by head coach Ange Postecoglou. The Aussie chief has tried to put in a more progressive style than that of his predecessors, and the Socceroos boss is likely to continue to go bold once again and continue with the 3-4-2-1 formation he's been using recently. T...
Jackson Irvine and Mathew Leckie were on the scoresheet as Australia secured a crucial 2-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates at Sydney Football Stadium on Tuesday to keep their dream of reaching the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 well and truly alive. Follow all the action from the Asian World Cup Qualifiers: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theafcdotcom/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/theafcdotcom Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/theafchub/
Australian national football team arrived at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport ahead of the start of the 2017 Confederations Cup, Thursday. The Socceroos will make their first appearance in the tournament against Germany in Sochi on Monday. The FIFA 2017 Confederations Cup tournament will take place in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi from June 17 to July 2. Video ID: 20170616-004 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly
The full match of the world cup qualifier between Australia and Iraq. Ironically the first match in HD on SocceroosHD... If you enjoyed this video, smash the LIKE button!!! For more great Socceroos videos, subscribe to SocceroosHD! Thank you so much for watching.
All three Socceroos goals against Japan in their match-up at the 2006 German FIFA World Cup